Since its inception in 1990, Destiny’s Child has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, won multiple Grammy Awards, served as an inspiration to many musical acts and garnered generations of fans. Now audiences will be treated to a behind-the-scenes look at how one of the greatest girl groups of all time was created courtesy … Continue reading
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Kevin Sterne has spent 10 years trying not to let himself be defined by the mass shooting that nearly killed him at Virginia Tech. But now that he’s a new father, Sterne grapples with knowing that one day he must tell his son about the horror he worked so hard to … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — An Israeli man and a Polish woman were reunited Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in New York, seven decades after her Catholic family saved him during the Holocaust. Michael Hochberg, 77, sat holding hands with 86-year-old Krystyna Jakubowska at Kennedy International Airport, locking eyes as their relatives looked on. “He was a … Continue reading
KENEMA, Sierra Leone (AP) — Ebola did not take Victoria Yillia’s life. And it could not prevent the birth of her son. And yet it loomed, even on this, her happiest day. She delivered her child just a few minutes’ walk from the ward where just last year she had hovered between life and death, … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Everlene Brewer didn’t know the sailor and never expected to get to know him. The 76-year-old polio survivor explained that she had read in her hometown newspaper about a Navy officer deployed on the aircraft carrier George Washington. She thought he might like to receive a letter. “I just told … Continue reading
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